FIGHTER MONOPLANE
330 MILES AN HOUR FASTEST IN THE WORLD AN ARRESTING EXHIBIT G (Official Wireless) •" RUGBY. May 4 One of the most arresting exhibits at the Glasgow Exhibition is the new Hawker Hurricane sincle-seat fighter monoplane, exactly similar to that In which G { llin made hi« night fliaht <-,{ 327 miles from Edinburgh to London in 48 minutes. According to the Air Ministry, the Hurricane fifes easriy rn spite of i:s high performance, and can land at Cl miles an hour. Its maximum true level sr**»ed may be reckoned at nt#*e« than 330 miles an hour, which closes the Hurricane as the fastest miliUiy gyroplane jet In service anywhere in the world. Orders placed for Hurricanes constitute in the aggregate the largest ever placed for any fighter aircraft in peace time.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20491, 6 May 1938, Page 8
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